One of the joys of living in an old house is some of the problems that you encounter. One of which is rising damp. Since getting the house renovated nearly three years ago we did not touch what has become known as the “old part of the house” – which comprises the two front bedrooms. …

Oh my how times have changed as the years have moved on. It’s not really until the big annual events like Christmas and birthdays that you realise that your kids are no longer little kids anymore. This is more noticeable at Christmas time as it becomes more difficult to find out what our two daughters …

So off we treked on an early morning Tiger Airways flight with the inlaws and cousins up to beautiful Port Douglas, unfortunatley the sun was not shining and it was all a bit dull as we landed in Cairns.. But that didn’t dampen our spirits. After picking up our hire car in Cairns we hit …

Finally got time last weekend to complete another little project I have been meaning to do for quite a while and that is to sand back and recoat our coffee table. The kids were doing their nails on the coffee table and spilled a bottle of nail polish remover over the top surface – great!! …

For those of you that want to know where the name of the blog 8 Hour Week came from, well I’m a big fan of Tim Ferris and his 4 Hour Work Week. Having read his book a couple of times I have to admit that I’m no closer to working a 4 hour week …